TTC: Other Items (catch all)

[81-717]

They are. Fabric seats feel softer and warmer to the touch, especially in colder weather. Fabric-covered seats include some degree of padding, offering a slight cushion that improves perceived comfort. Fabric tends to absorb sound and vibration better, making the experience quieter and less jarring.

In Warsaw or Stockholm, sure those seats are pretty comfy. But there should be no question that on the TTC seats the cushion effect is negligible and they are effectively about as hard as the NYC plastic seats everyone loves to hate on.

If your definition of wearing clothes means a Burqa, then you have a point. But in reality not everyone is in a three piece suit on the subway in the summer.

No, my point has always been that the vast majority of riders wouldn't be sitting in those seats ass-naked (or even topless), so me thinks this issue is overblown more than it needs to be. And I say this as someone who goes out in nothing but a t-shirt & swim shorts in the summer whenever possible.

 

[ARG1]

But there should be no question that on the TTC seats the cushion effect is negligible and they are effectively about as hard as the NYC plastic seats everyone loves to hate on.

Where on earth did you get this from? This is completely and utterly untrue.

 

[81-717]

Where on earth did you get this from? This is completely and utterly untrue.

Of all the times I rode the TTC and sat down, I never noticed any significant degree of squishiness to those seats (not that I cared much either way, I don't mind sitting on plastic seats either).

Also, the excuse that you'd go sliding off vinyl seats as soon as you felt the slightest bit of acceleration in any direction directly contradicts the notion of sticking to those seats.

 

[picard102]

In Warsaw or Stockholm, sure those seats are pretty comfy. But there should be no question that on the TTC seats the cushion effect is negligible and they are effectively about as hard as the NYC plastic seats everyone loves to hate on.

This is a wild take.

No, my point has always been that the vast majority of riders wouldn't be sitting in those seats ass-naked (or even topless), so me thinks this issue is overblown more than it needs to be. And I say this as someone who goes out in nothing but a t-shirt & swim shorts in the summer whenever possible.

No one said they'd be sitting in them naked. That's entirely something you made up. But people wearing shorts or any variation of tops that are not t-shirts certainly would experience feeling their skin get stick to the surface.

 

[81-717]

This is a wild take.

Really now? I'll be sure to check next time I take the ttc (which isn't very often these days), but I'm pretty sure they're nowhere near as cushy as, say, the C14 seats, despite being configured very similarly.

No one said they'd be sitting in them naked. That's entirely something you made up. But people wearing shorts or any variation of tops that are not t-shirts certainly would experience feeling their skin get stick to the surface.

So which one is it? Either they were sticky or slippery (to slide around in them), but surely they can't be both.

 

[picard102]

Really now? I'll be sure to check next time I take the ttc (which isn't very often these days), but I'm pretty sure they're nowhere near as cushy as, say, the C14 seats, despite being configured very similarly.

So which is it? The NYC hard plastic seats, or the C14 seats?

So which one is it? Either they were sticky or slippery (to slide around in them), but surely they can't be both.

They surely can. Hard plastic can stick to your skin, or be slippery on your clothing.

 

[81-717]

So which is it? The NYC hard plastic seats, or the C14 seats?

Somewhere in between the 2, but probably closer to NYC.

 

[dowlingm]

Here is the Notice re Melinda https://www.ttc.ca/service-advisories/construction-notices/King-Station---Melinda-exit-closure

I can’t believe that anyone who uses King regularly but didn’t have the map would hear “Melinda Exit” and think “that’s obviously the one through Commerce Court” rather than the exit-only to the aforementioned street

 

[evandyk]

Technically the exit-only stair comes out on Yonge.

 

[SubHuman]

Chiming in - for me, this is the biggest issue on the TTC. We spend a lot of time debating expansion dreams and all that - but I just want to get on the subway an not face mental health concerns pretty much every time I ride (which is at least twice a day every day)…

I’m not on it every day, but on Thursday, for the second time, I saw a guy step from the platform to the space between two subway cars on Line 2.

 

[81-717]

Where on earth did you get this from? This is completely and utterly untrue.

Of all the times I rode the TTC and sat down, I never noticed any significant degree of squishiness to those seats

Had the opportunity to try those seats again tonight (pressing down with my fingertips), I stand by what I said: they felt exactly as if you put a few-mm-thick layer of fabric over a rock. No significant squishiness or cushion effect whatsoever.

 

[picard102]

they felt exactly as if you put a few-mm-thick layer of fabric over a rock.

So you agree that it gives a few mm of cushion then.

 

[81-717]

So you agree that it gives a few mm of cushion then.

Which is negligible and nowhere near that offered by the vinyl seats or the Warsaw/Stockholm seats.

 

[Northern Light]

A report to next week's TTC meeting updates us on the installation of 5G in the tunnels/stations.

https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ttc/bgrd/backgroundfile-256307.pdf

From the above?

 

[Bordercollie]

Was the "operational" issue between Finch and Davisville this morning due to late clearing of overnight work? What a disaster.